Bosse relieved to get its first football victory

Photographs by DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO EVANSVILLE COURIER &amp;amp; PRESS
Bosse’s Nick Hansen pushes away Washington’s Edrwin Revolorio as Revolorio hangs onto Hansen’s jersey in the second quarter of Friday’s game at Enlow Field in Evansville.

EVANSVILLE - Bosse High School coach football Andre Thomas can breathe a sigh of relief.

Senior running back Carrington Crutcher led the Bulldogs with nine rushes for 191 yards and three touchdowns, helping them to their first victory in over a year as they beat Washington 62-15.

"It's always good to get a win, especially when it's been a year since you've had one," Thomas said. "Kids played hard, kids worked hard, kids did everything we asked of them and this is the end result of that."

Points came easy for Bosse (1-1) as it scored on seven of its eight offensive possessions in the game. The Bulldogs racked up 41 points in the first half against the Hatchets (0-2), putting together a solid first drive capped by the first of Crutcher's three scores, a 5-yard run.

From there, defense and special teams took over. Senior Nick Hansen took a punt 60 yards for a touchdown, and on Washington's first play from scrimmage on the next drive, senior Bo Burkhart recovered a fumble in the end zone.

"We haven't had a special teams touchdown on a punt return in three years since I've been here," Thomas said. "To be able to get some points off of our defense — the fumble and things like that — that's just good confidence for us. Anything we can do to carry our momentum from week-to-week, that's good for us."

Bosse's offense also put on a show, racking up 376 total yards despite a staggeringly low time of possession — in the first half, the Bulldogs ran just 12 plays and only had the ball for 4 minutes, 41 seconds. Crutcher highlighted his day with two 50-plus touchdown runs.

Senior quarterback Ian Nunley followed up last week's impressive game with another good performance, finishing 7-for-8 passing for 145 yards and three touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Arius Carter had a breakout game after playing just one quarter in last week's loss due to injury, pulling in three passes for 73 yards and two TDs. Carter appeared to have tweaked his ankle in the first quarter, but finished the game.

"We were able to get him in some good spots," Thomas said. "We had some good matchups, and tonight was his night. That's kind of how we play — next man up, every week, make sure you're ready to go because you never know when it's going to be your number."

Hansen caught Nunley's other TD pass, a 27-yard strike in the third quarter to put the Bulldogs up 48-0.

"Ian did a great job of putting the ball in the receiver's hands," Crutcher said. "And the offensive line, DeAngelo Crenshaw, he did an excellent job of blocking for me to open up the running lanes."

Washington finally got on the board in the third quarter for its first points of the year as junior Jaden Arvin's 1-yard run capped an 80-yard drive. Washington struck again late in the fourth quarter.